38 neighbors watched her die. Not one phone call. Based on the murder that broke psychology.
Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.
Acting
Raúl Juliá simmering with frustrated rage
Writing
Unflinching indictment of neighborly 'concern'
Director
Richard T. Heffron
Raúl Juliá
Detective Nick Rodriguez
John P. Ryan
Detective Dave Lambert
Phillip Clark
Detective Johnny Bellon
Lucie Arnaz
Judy
Ed Asner
Peter Singleton
Art Carney
Mr. Jacobs
Diahann Carroll
Betty May
Kate Jackson
Carol
Cloris Leachman
Mrs. Singleton
Tina Louise
Hilda Murray
Nancy Walker
Mrs. Jacobs
Eric Braeden
Kosinsky
Allyn Ann McLerie
Alice Whitmore
Dimitra Arliss
Mrs. Kosinsky
William Bryant
Harry Whitmore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Kitty Genovese case was partially misreported—only 38 witnesses was inflated, but the bystander effect became psychology canon anyway.
This TV movie aired just 11 years after the actual 1964 murder, when the case was still raw public memory in NYC.
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